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Show Postmaster Suggests Mailing Xmas ' Cards First Class Because of changes in the handling han-dling of third class mail which were effective Jan. 10, 1962, Postmaster Post-master Rulon S. Wood urges all mailers this year to apply first-class first-class postage to Christmas cards to reduce the likelihood of disappointing dis-appointing friends and loved ones. Formerly, Christmas cards prepaid pre-paid at the third-class rate of 3 cents each were forwarded to a new local address if a change of address had been filed with the post office. Under present regulations, regu-lations, however, such cards are not forwarded to a new local address, and if undeliverable are originally addressed will be disposed dis-posed of as waste, unless the sender has requested their return. re-turn. 'Through the use of first-class postage, which amounts to only 1 cent per card more than third class, cards may contain a writ ten message, may be sealed, and will be forwarded or returned to sender without any additional charfe,M the postmaster emphasized. empha-sized. In anticipation of what may well be the largest Christmas mailing ever, Postmaster Wood suggested that mailers start their Christmas mall planning now. |